Car bursts into flames; driver escapes unhurt

In another fire, a car went up in a blaze this afternoon on Map Street. At about four-thirty p.m., Lucrecia Green, a cashier of the Belize Medical Associates, was driving along Cleghorn Street near the intersection with Mapp Street when flames suddenly burst from under the vehicles hood. Green and her female passenger immediately jumped out and traffic came to a halt. She was not composed to give an interview but it was witnessed by Wayne Cattouse who was passing by when the vehicle caught fire.

Wayne Cattouse, Witnessed Car on Fire
“Well the only thing I saw, I see the ladies they jump out ah di car and as soon as dehn jump out ah di car, di car start to blaze ah fire. Di car, yoh hear boom and as di lady dehn come out, dat’s it, di car inna wah blaze a fire.”

Jose Sanchez
“Did you give them any assistance?”

Wayne Cattouse
“Well, I give dehn assistance, I help dehn move pan di side and so.”

Jose Sanchez
“What part of the car did you see the fire come from?”

Wayne Cattouse
“From di front ah di car. Di fire person dehn took long fi reach, dehn tek nearly fifteen minutes before dehn reach afta di thing dehn start and dehn disperse quicker dan I mi think.”

Jose Sanchez
“They did they out the fire in time though?”

Wayne Cattouse
“They did out the fire in time because dis car could ah mi bun up too; could ah mi be several car bun up.”

The cause of the fire has not yet been determined.